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    Flu season is an annually recurring time period characterized by the prevalence of an outbreak of influenza (flu). The season occurs during the cold half...
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  • The Hong Kong flu, also known as the 1968 flu pandemic, was an influenza pandemic that occurred between 1968 and 1970 and which killed between one and...
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    to treat and prevent influenza A and influenza B, viruses that cause the flu. Many medical organizations recommend it in people who have complications...
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    Avian influenza (redirect from Bird flu)
    Avian influenza, also known as avian flu or bird flu, is a disease caused by the influenza A virus, which primarily affects birds but can sometimes affect...
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    Influenza (redirect from Flu)
    Influenza, commonly known as the flu, is an infectious disease caused by influenza viruses. Symptoms range from mild to severe and often include fever...
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    The 2009 swine flu pandemic, caused by the H1N1/swine flu/influenza virus and declared by the World Health Organization (WHO) from June 2009 to August...
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    Influenza vaccine (redirect from Flu shot)
    Influenza vaccines, colloquially known as flu shots or the flu jab, are vaccines that protect against infection by influenza viruses. New versions of the...
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    Influenza-like illness (ILI), also known as flu-like syndrome or flu-like symptoms, is a medical diagnosis of possible influenza or other illness causing...
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    Influenza A virus (redirect from Type A flu)
    strains that infect birds and some mammals, as well as causing seasonal flu in humans. Mammals in which different strains of IAV circulate with sustained...
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    cause significant human suffering in the coming season. Swine influenza (also known as swine flu or pig flu) is a respiratory disease that occurs in pigs...
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    A/Fujian (H3N2) human flu (from A/Fujian/411/2002(H3N2)-like flu virus strains) caused an unusually severe 2003–2004 flu season. This was due to a reassortment...
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    The 1977 Russian flu was an influenza pandemic that was first reported by the Soviet Union in 1977 and lasted until 1979. The outbreak in northern China...
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  • During the 1972–1973 flu season in the Northern Hemisphere, a new variant of influenza, dubbed the 'London flu' by the press in the United States, was...
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  • Cat flu is the common name for a feline upper respiratory disease, which can be caused by one or more possible pathogens: Feline herpes virus, causing...
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    Bird flu Human flu Swine flu Horse flu Dog flu Freshers' flu 2012–2013 flu season 2017–2018 United States flu season 2019–2020 United States flu season "Disease...
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    The 1918–1920 flu pandemic, also known as the Great Influenza epidemic or by the common misnomer Spanish flu, was an exceptionally deadly global influenza...
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    The 2017–2018 United States flu season lasted from late 2017 through early 2018. The predominant strain of influenza was H3N2. During the spring months...
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    as of April 4, 2020, the 2019–2020 United States flu season had caused 39 million to 56 million flu illnesses, 410,000 to 740,000 hospitalizations and...
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    flu viruses are infecting people ahead of the upcoming flu season, how widely they are spreading, how well the vaccines from the previous flu season may...
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    1918 flu pandemic being the most severe; this is estimated to have been responsible for the deaths of 50–100 million people. The 2009 swine flu pandemic...
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    The 1957–1958 Asian flu pandemic was a global pandemic of influenza A virus subtype H2N2 that originated in Guizhou in Southern China. The number of excess...
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    Orthomyxoviridae (redirect from Flu virus)
    Alphainfluenzavirus infects humans, other mammals, and birds, and causes all flu pandemics Betainfluenzavirus infects humans and seals Gammainfluenzavirus...
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    Swine influenza (redirect from Swine Flu)
    illness, it is called a zoonotic swine flu. People with regular exposure to pigs are at increased risk of swine flu infections. Around the mid-20th century...
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    A/Fujian (H3N2) human flu (from A/Fujian/411/2002(H3N2) -like flu virus strains) caused an unusually severe 2003–2004 flu season. This was due to a reassortment...
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    virus, which causes the disease avian influenza (often referred to as "bird flu"). It is enzootic (maintained in the population) in many bird populations...
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  • "Flu Season" (sometimes referred to as "The Flu") is the second episode of the third season of the American comedy television series Parks and Recreation...
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    flu strain A/VietNam/1194/2004 NIBRG 14 (H5N1). Foclivia, approved for medical use in the European Union in October 2009. Foclivia contains the flu strain...
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    locality of Estación Tapia was attributed to flu. Previously in Uruguay ten hens had died because of the flu in El Monarca, Montevideo. In late March 2023...
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    H5N1 virus it may spread to all parts of the world. Past outbreaks of avian flu have often originated in crowded conditions in southeast and east Asia, where...
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    The 1889–1890 pandemic, often referred to as the "Asiatic flu" or "Russian flu", was a worldwide respiratory viral pandemic. It was the last great pandemic...
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